Matt Brubeck <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> schrieb: > Frank Küster wrote: > >> mkdir: cannot create directory `': No such file or directory >> dpkg: error processing >> /var/cache/apt/archives/tetex-extra_2.96.5.20040711-4_all.deb >> (--install): >> subprocess pre-installation script returned error exit status 1 > > It looks like mkdir is getting called with an empty filename (in your > preinst?).
Yes, thank you. I found it out myself meanwhile. I am still puzzled why I don't get a message from dpkg that the preinst script failed, like it happens with the postinst or postrm. > Is the source package available somewhere? Not yet, but I will upload it to http://people.debian.org/~frank in a couple of days (maybe even tonight) and announce on [EMAIL PROTECTED] Regards, Frank -- Frank Küster Inst. f. Biochemie der Univ. Zürich Debian Developer
